Elephant census delayed in northeast; final count likely in June 2025India's latest elephant census results have been postponed until June next year. Monsoon rains, floods, and limited forest staff capacity a...
13 Aug, 2024, 10.33 AM IST
Man-animal Conflict: MP villagers to be taught easy techniques to scare away wild elephantsIn a bid to prevent human-elephant conflict and crop destruction by wild jumbos, residents of Madhya Pradesh villages adjoining Chhattisgar...
09 Oct, 2022, 10.01 AM IST
Kerala's capital to have world's largest elephant care & cure centreThe first phase the Centre will be commissioned in February 2021. The project is being implemented at a cost of Rs 108 crore with funding f...
06 Nov, 2020, 04.53 PM IST
Better heed the trunk call of natureAn elephantine memory will hopefully ensure villagers use toilets from now on.
26 Apr, 2019, 08.28 AM IST
How people have tried to profit from human and animal waste productsCivets are found here too and, according to reports, some coffee producers now want to use them to make an Indian version of kopi luwak.
16 Sep, 2017, 09.05 AM IST
Old homes threatened, Indian elephant moves to Haryana, Himachal12 Aug, 2017, 11.11 PM IST
How the national elephant census went about the job of counting the beast500 volunteers responded to the Forest Department’s call to be part of the all-India synchronised Asian elephant population estimation.
18 Jun, 2017, 09.09 AM IST
Fresh elephant count in India to begin in July; Census report to come next year29 Jun, 2016, 09.36 PM IST
- Pilgrims' litter puts jumbos on plastic diet
Researchers examining elephant dung in the Nilgiris have found plastic, tetra packs and small cups made of thermocol in the poop, leading t...
30 Mar, 2015, 02.28 PM IST
Asian Palm civet cat poop business runs into millionsThe Asian Palm civet cat, a long-tailed nocturnal mammal, picks the right coffee cherries, but doesn't digest the beans inside.
28 Oct, 2014, 12.06 PM IST
Kerala seeks elephants' help to grow rubberRRII has discovered that elephant dung can be effectively used as a potting medium for raising rubber root trainer plants.
01 Sep, 2014, 12.09 PM IST
Thiruvananthapuram zoo to generate organic manure from animal wasteIn a bid to raise internal resources for its maintenance, the zoological park here is getting ready to produce vermicompost on commercial b...
20 Dec, 2013, 01.43 PM IST
- Eco-friendly paper made of jumbo dung used at TEDx
Ever heard of papers made of elephant dung infused with flower seeds? Interestingly, the name tags and handouts carrying speaker profiles a...
08 Apr, 2013, 02.36 AM IST
Karnataka is now home to 6,072 elephantsKarnataka is now home to 6,072 Asiatic elephants, 5,945 of which were spotted in the Mysore elephant reserve (MER) alone, according to the ...
06 Feb, 2013, 07.05 AM IST
Elephant count begins with hope that numbers are upOfficials of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka will carry out a three-day elephant headcount starting Tuesday, with foresters optimistic abo...
22 May, 2012, 07.13 AM IST
- Indian jumbo's poo paper finding consumers in UK, Germany
Making paper may be one of the last things when you come across a mound of elephant dung, but two environment-conscious entrepreneurs have ...
08 Nov, 2010, 01.06 PM IST
- A tiger's trail: Elusive big cat at Corbett Park
And the best time to visit is between September and March - for bird-watching and tiger sighting - and between April and June for elephants...
27 May, 2010, 07.22 AM IST